diff --git a/ci/Dockerfile-cfengine-build-package b/ci/Dockerfile-cfengine-build-package
index 8a003dbf9..65f1e8951 100644
--- a/ci/Dockerfile-cfengine-build-package
+++ b/ci/Dockerfile-cfengine-build-package
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FROM ubuntu:20.04
 RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y systemd wget sudo
 ADD "${NTECH_ROOT}/buildscripts/ci/setup.sh" /
-RUN /setup.sh
+RUN /bin/bash -c '/setup.sh 2>&1 > setup.log'
 CMD [ "/lib/systemd/systemd" ]
diff --git a/ci/clean.sh b/ci/clean.sh
index d8026e55a..ca54f7738 100755
--- a/ci/clean.sh
+++ b/ci/clean.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ name=cfengine-build-package
 # TODO: a softer clean might get into the container and run ./buildscripts/build-scripts/clean-buildmachine
 docker stop $name
 docker rm $name
-#docker rmi $name
+docker rmi $name
diff --git a/ci/docker.sh b/ci/docker.sh
index 97bf36fd4..8a535d83e 100755
--- a/ci/docker.sh
+++ b/ci/docker.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ mkdir -p "${NTECH_ROOT}/cache"
 docker cp "${NTECH_ROOT}/cache/." $name:/root/.cache
 
 # in order for build-scripts/autogen to generate a revision file:
-for i in core buildscripts buildscripts/deps-packaging enterprise nova
+for i in core buildscripts buildscripts/deps-packaging enterprise nova masterfiles
 do
   docker exec -i $name bash -c "git config --global --add safe.directory /data/$i"
 done
diff --git a/ci/setup-projects.sh b/ci/setup-projects.sh
index ccc07700a..f74dcb585 100755
--- a/ci/setup-projects.sh
+++ b/ci/setup-projects.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-echo "where and what version of node/npm do we have?"
+echo "=== tool versions (npm, node, composer) ==="
 which npm
 npm --version
 which node
 node --version
+which composer
+composer --version
 
 set -ex
 (
@@ -16,8 +18,6 @@ fi
 )
 
 # install composer and friends
-sudo apt-get -qq -y install curl php7.4-cli php7.4-curl php7.4-zip php7.4-mbstring php7.4-xml php7.4-gd composer
-
 (
 if test -f "mission-portal/composer.json"; then
 	cd mission-portal
@@ -43,25 +43,14 @@ fi
 
 (
 if test -f "mission-portal/ldap/composer.json"; then
-	sudo apt-get -qq -y install php7.4-ldap
 	cd mission-portal/ldap
 	# install PHP dependencies from composer
 	composer install
 fi
 )
 
-# packages needed for autogen
-sudo apt-get -qy install git autoconf automake m4 make bison flex \
-	binutils libtool gcc g++ libc-dev libpam0g-dev python2 python3 psmisc \
-	libtokyocabinet-dev libssl-dev libpcre3-dev default-jre-headless
-
+# packages needed for autogen are installed in setup.sh
 NO_CONFIGURE=1 PROJECT=nova ./buildscripts/build-scripts/autogen
 
-# packages needed for building
-sudo apt-get -qy install bison flex binutils build-essential fakeroot ntp \
-	dpkg-dev libpam0g-dev python2 python3 debhelper pkg-config psmisc nfs-common \
-	dpkg-dev debhelper g++ libncurses5 pkg-config build-essential libpam0g-dev fakeroot rsync gcc make sudo wget
-
 # remove unwanted dependencies
 sudo apt-get -qy purge libltdl-dev libltdl7 #libtool
-
diff --git a/ci/setup.sh b/ci/setup.sh
index 05f7289ae..124e48be8 100755
--- a/ci/setup.sh
+++ b/ci/setup.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ sudo rm -f /bin/rpm
 # Install dependencies
 sudo apt-get update -y
 
+# install apt-utils so that debconf can configure installed packages
+sudo apt-get install apt-utils
+
 # git is needed for build-scripts/autogen to determine revision for such things as deps-packaging
 sudo apt-get install -qy git
 
@@ -21,14 +24,22 @@ wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py -O get-pip.py
 sudo python2 get-pip.py
 sudo pip install psycopg2-binary
 
-# Remove libltdl
-sudo apt-get -qy purge 'libltdl*'
+# install composer and friends
+sudo apt-get -qq -y install curl php7.4-cli php7.4-curl php7.4-zip php7.4-mbstring php7.4-xml php7.4-gd composer php7.4-ldap
+# packages needed for autogen
+sudo apt-get -qy install git autoconf automake m4 make bison flex \
+ binutils libtool gcc g++ libc-dev libpam0g-dev python2 python3 psmisc
+
+# packages needed for buildscripts
+sudo apt-get -qy install libncurses5 rsync
+# packages needed for building 
+sudo apt-get -qy install bison flex binutils build-essential fakeroot ntp \
+ dpkg-dev libpam0g-dev python2 python3 debhelper pkg-config psmisc nfs-common
 
 # remove unwanted packages
 sudo apt-get -qq purge apache* "postgresql*" redis*
 
 # packages needed for installing Mission portal dependencies
-
 # remove any nodejs or node- packages currently in place
 sudo apt-get remove -y 'nodejs*' 'node-*'
 # replace with exact version we want